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Reading Buddhaghosa and Henri Bergson. APPA Certified Philosophy Counselor. Assistant Professor, Hindu College, Delhi Uni.

[Lt Gen H S Panag(R) @rwac48]

Iran is a theocratic state. It is fighting an existential battle. Not once in the last 27 days, did one hear any military person or politician invoking religion.

[Current Affairs @curaffairs]

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[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

“Defeat as Method: Thinking from Within the Ruins” —

https://t.co/S5Gb6VTJbS

[The Gulf Reporter @IR_News2]

10 years from now you'll have Hollywood movies about how bombing an Iranian girls school made US soldiers sad

[N. Ram @nramind]

“The Vanishing of Imran Khan” — a must-read essay in the long form by journalist Osman Samiuddin for the Pulitzer Center:

https://t.co/anzaePPxgf

“What happens when a state erases its most famous public figure? 
“This is what Pakistan has been trying to do with the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan over the last two years. He has been confined in a small jail cell, on trial for a slew of charges. Only one photo of him has emerged from that time.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board, run by political appointees, issued a video celebrating Pakistan's 1992 World Cup win, under Imran's leadership—after having edited him out of the footage. News anchors were banned from mentioning his name.
“So much of Imran Khan’s appeal has been built on his physically arresting presence, and to try to erase that—to erase the most famous Pakistani ever—is a striking experiment in repression.
“In some ways, his situation is similar to that of Myanmar politician Aung San Suu Kyi when she was in prison—and Imran has compared himself to figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. There are also parallels with older Pakistani leaders with cult-like support.
“But Imran's situation is unique, not least because of the nature of his public profile, his route to political power, and his erasure in this digital age.
“Journalist Osman Samiuddin reports from Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad, to understand the stakes at play, the government’s various methods to vanish Imran from public life, and the hacks that his supporters have used to bend the rules.”

[Tanzeela Niazi @TNiazi16]

You watch a show (Kohrra) from Indian rural Punjab and you can’t ignore the stark resemblance with Pakistani Punjab…their architecture, their dress, their culture, their language… they are literally twins… and it somehow causes an ache in the heart which one can’t even name.

[Madhu Menon @madmanweb]

This is what I imagine hell looks like.

[Alexandre Lefebvre @alex_usyd]

Paperback day for Liberalism as a Way of Life, @PrincetonUPress.

I’ve been moved and amazed by the book’s reception—thank you to everyone who’s read, taught, or shared it.

If you’re so inclined, give it one more repost for the road.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

Only Diwali wish I wish for

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Wishing a very happy Diwali to all my friends celebrating around the world. May light triumph over darkness.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

If someone is working in the area of Care Ethics, kindly dm me! I would appreciate a conversation.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

@sharaf_87 Congratulations!

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

Found this spider hanging in a spot that, many lives ago, used to be a hostel room for monks at the Buddhist Mahavihara, Nalanda. Something whispers to me that it was once a bhikkhu, and has now taken rebirth to complete the learning.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

@vitsviii Sorry to hear this. I am certain it is their loss.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

This got accepted for publication with zero changes. Now I feel it is a good paper.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

I know I am almost done writing this because the feeling that the paper is senseless has crept in.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

@sharaf_87 I am sure it was lots of fun, Ali!

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

I presented this at IIAS, Shimla. Considering the audience, I think it was way more fun for me than the listeners.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

Let’s see if I get to write this. Ever since reading Children of Time by Adrian Tchaoisky, I have been thinking about spiders a lot!

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

@KrantiSaran I love teaching Tagore on Nationalism. It truly is a disease that needs cure.

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

People who do metaphysics using language will go crazy when they hear me talking to my cat!

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

I'm a big deal in France

[S @PhiloFakeeri]

https://t.co/dzpPVW1qa0

Excellent!